I changed the world.

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Zhang Jing carefully crouched atop a large tree, his body curled up, concealed within a triangular space formed by the tree trunk, branches, and camouflage cloth. This camouflage cloth, used for concealment, not only provided optical camouflage but also blocked infrared light. Furthermore, due to its special material, it was one-sidedly translucent; from the outside, the back of the cloth was invisible, while from the back, it appeared as transparent as glass.

In addition to the camouflage cloth, Zhang Jing was also protected by Zhang Taihe's restrictions. Furthermore, he suppressed all his life-related special abilities to the minimum, making him as still and motionless as an inanimate object.

He had maintained this state, lying in wait for over two hours. He slowly adjusted his breathing, maintaining a rhythm of only one breath every few minutes, waiting patiently and unhurriedly.

A faint sound of water came from afar, and a huge water beast climbed ashore from the water. It was the same giant salamander-like water beast that had just tried to attack Zhang Jing.

This aquatic creature is clearly not a fish, but an amphibian. Although its body is specially adapted for aquatic life, it still occasionally has to climb ashore.

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For example, at this time it was lying on the shore, as if sunbathing. In Zhang Jing's memory, many crocodiles and turtles also have similar habits.

After one of the aquatic beasts climbed ashore, two other aquatic beasts of the same type followed suit, lying prone on the bank with their tails still submerged in the water, ready to dive back in at any moment.

After a while, Zhang Jing suddenly had a bad feeling. He looked closely, but couldn't quite put his finger on what was wrong.

However, based on Zhang Jing's current experience, he knew that this was likely a sign of impending danger. Considering that this place was near the lair of the tiger-dragon, there was a high probability that this danger originated from there. Therefore, Zhang Jing held his breath even more tightly, suppressing his physical activity to a minimum.

Not long after, in the void not far from the water beasts on the shore, a colossal creature with a shoulder height of over four meters suddenly appeared as if it had appeared out of thin air. With an extremely swift movement, it pinned down one of the water beasts on the shore, and in an instant, screams and roars resounded.

In that fleeting glimpse, Zhang Jing was already certain that he was lucky to have caught this tiger-dragon. The distinctive and extremely intimidating tiger head, the magnificent stripes on its forehead, its mane, its scales, and the faint mist surrounding it all confirmed to Zhang Jing that this should be the one he had encountered once before.

Tiger-dragons are usually solitary creatures, so given the size of this small world, this should be the only tiger-dragon here.

According to historical records, the tiger-dragon preferred to eat ferocious beasts, and now it seems that this is indeed the case.

The other two water beasts rushed into the water at almost the fastest speed. However, after tearing apart the first water beast, the tiger-dragon seemed unsatisfied and turned around to rush into the water.

Immediately afterwards, the water began to churn, with huge waves and eddies rolling and boiling on the surface. Soon, a bright red stain appeared on the churning water...

Before the crimson blood could spread, a huge wave surged up, and a massive head burst from the water. Although Zhang Jing was some distance away, he could see it clearly: the tiger-dragon's head was raised high to the sky, and in its enormous mouth was a struggling water beast. The water around it was churning, and the water beast was twisting violently, trying to escape from the tiger-dragon's mouth.

Obviously, fleeing into the water is not a good idea when facing a tiger-dragon. As a type of dragon, the tiger-dragon is even more powerful in the water than on land. They are natural water overlords.

The tiger-dragon violently shook its head a few times while biting the water beast in its mouth, so that its teeth could penetrate deeper into the water beast's body. Its powerful jaws made it seem as if the big beast in its mouth had little weight, which was quite shocking.

Then, it slowly crawled out of the water with its prey in its mouth, not caring about the water plants and aquatic plants stuck to its body. It pressed down on the water beast with its front paws on the shore and began to tear it apart and eat it.

The water beast's skin, which looked like, or even more like, crocodile skin, was torn apart like paper by its powerful claws. The tiger-dragon clearly enjoyed devouring the entrails of its prey; after tearing open the water beast's belly, it buried its head inside and began to swallow.

The water beast was devoured in a very short time by the tiger-dragon, leaving nothing but a pool of blood on the ground.

Only after completely swallowing the water beast did the tiger-dragon leisurely look around, let out a few low roars, and seemed to still be somewhat unsatisfied.

At that very moment, Zhang Jing, who had been waiting quietly, finally made his move. He secretly made a hand seal, and a clump of grass not far away suddenly shook. Then, a ball of lightning-wrapped objects burst out of the grass. This object was about the size of a medium-sized dog. As soon as it emerged from the grass, it sped away at an extremely high speed, heading into the distance.

Unlike ordinary wild beasts, the tiger-dragon is a creature with extremely high intelligence. Correspondingly, its high intelligence also means its high curiosity, especially after it has just had a full meal and its hunger has been eliminated, which amplifies its curiosity.

The fleeing bolt of lightning didn't pose too much of a threat to it. Its life, free from danger, had left it completely unaware of the lurking danger. The tiger-dragon instinctively gave chase, let out a low growl, and vanished into the mist.

The bolt of lightning moved incredibly fast, weaving through the gaps in the vegetation in the forest like a streak of light. However, the tiger-dragon was even faster, catching up to the lightning in just a few flashes.

It stretched out its claws and with a single slap, shattered the ball of lightning in front of it. After the lightning dispersed, it was revealed that it was actually a paper horse made of paper glued together.

The paper horse was no match for even a casual strike from the tiger-dragon; it was torn to shreds and lay motionless on the ground. The tiger-dragon seemed somewhat puzzled, and after rummaging around for a while, it quickly ripped the paper horse into countless pieces.

These paper puppets were made by Zhang Taihe and given to Zhang Jing to operate. They looked dazzling and powerful, but were actually useless except for their speed. Similar paper puppets were set up in many places in this forest. Zhang Taihe himself also lurked on the other side of the lake. No matter which side the tiger-dragon passed by, as long as they were discovered, they would trigger the paper puppets to lure it to a specific area.

Just as the tiger-dragon was fuming and fiddling with the scraps of paper on the ground, a circular magic array, hundreds of meters in diameter, rapidly unfolded around it. Centered on a series of nodes hidden in specific locations, bolts of lightning chains, like whips, lashed out from all directions, entangling the tiger-dragon. One of the closest chains was already wrapping around its hind legs.

The sudden change caused the tiger-dragon to roar instinctively. It seemed somewhat bewildered, looking around and waving its claws in an attempt to break apart the suddenly appearing chains of lightning.